Liberal Colonialism (Mahoney)

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paths in liberal period (4)

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1. rising peripheries
2. fallen cores
3. mercantilist carryovers
4. sustained peripheries

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rising peripheries (countries)

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Argentina
Uruguay
Venezuela

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fallen cores (countries)

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Bolivia
Ecuador
Guatemala

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mercantilist carryovers (countries)

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Mexico
Peru
Colombia

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sustained peripheries (countries)

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Nicaragua
Paraguay
Honduras
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Chile

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successful combination of rising peripheries

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combination of peripheral status under mercantilism + rising trade/colonization under liberalism

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rising peripheries succeeded bc they lacked...

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-powerful mercantilist coalitions
-monopolistic merchants, landlords dependent on coerced labor
-large indigenous/African pops

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Argentina's development trajectory

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periphery -> core

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cause of Argentina's rise

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periphery -> core
-linked to Potosi trade, travel from Peru to Potosi took much longer than Buenos Aires to Potosi
-rise of Port of Buenos Aires
-ppl move there bc of already established institutions, thriving economy

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liberal actors that facilitated Argentina's rise

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CLASS OF FREE TRADE MERCHANTS EMERGES
-not tied to landed elites
-state officials not oriented towards monopolistic regulation
-not dependent on coerced labor

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Uruguay's development trajectory

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periphery -> semiperiphery

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cause of Uruguay's rise

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*absence of colonial structures
-less racial stratification, could imagine ethnically homogenous nation

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Venezuela's development trajectory

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periphery -> semiperiphery

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cause of Venezuela's rise

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-rise of trade, immigration BUT...
class of labor repressive landlords/planters holds it back
-cacao plantations dynamic, but still plantations

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Bolivia's development trajectory

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core -> periphery

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cause of Bolivia's fall

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DECLINE OF MINING CENTERS= ECONOMIC IMPLOSION
-whites flock to other regions
-large indigenous pops, exclusion, no purchasing power

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description of mercantilist carryovers

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places where strength of entrenched institutions during mercantilist era remained despite Bourbon liberal reforms

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why Mexico remains core

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i. monopolistic Veracruz merchants, landed class remain
ii. oppression of natives- wages low, limited domestic market

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Peru's development trajectory

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core -> semiperiphery

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cause of Peru's fall

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merc. structures remain, little change in liberal period, but less dynamic economy than MX

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Colombia's development trajectory

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remains semiperiphery

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why Colombia remains semiperipheral

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-some growth in export agriculture
-miscegenation moves natives -> mestizo category, more participation in economy
-fragmentation of elites= higher social status for reg. citizens

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conditions associated with higher economic development

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1. spread of nonmonopolistic actors
2. relative weakness of landed class
3. relative weakness of link btwn merchants, landowners
4. relative weakness of planters
5. greater social equality
6. responsiveness of actors to market changes

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Does the expansion of free market relations equate to the expansion of equality/freedom?

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counterexamples- where liberalization leads to expansion of slavery

Cuba in 19th cent.
Cotton Kingdom of US under free trade British regime